A Life Spent in Gaol
JAMES DICKSON, 33, hawker, pleaded guilty at the London sessions to stealing a skirt, value 5s, from the shop door of Arthur Avey, a draper, of the Old Kent-road. Chief…
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Courts & crime, 1891
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Newcastle Police Court. Monday, December 28. Before Messrs. Martin and Christie, Js.P.) Drunks
THOMAS CROSS, 57, a labourer; Matthew Murnane, 38, a labourer; Michael Brennan, 33, a labourer; Thomas New, 23, a tailor; Frank Rowe, 21,…
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About half-past 2 in the morning a policeman found the front door of Mason Brothers' hat establishment, in Bourke street East, open Mr…
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IT is pleasing to note that the police have taken possession of the cottage at the dyke, which has been occupied, by the berthing-master for some years. The building will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, December 29. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunks
THOMAS M'CONNELL, 29, a labourer; William Eyles, 50, a labourer; Robert Smith, 34, an engine-driver; William Henry Thraves, 45 a tailor: Peter…
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IT will be remembered that about 12 months ago a contract was given for the building of two boats for the use of the water-police in Newcastle. One of these has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Police Court Tuesday, December 29. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.m.) of Unsound Mind
MICHAEL BRENNAN, a middle-aged man, was charged with wandering about in a state of unsound mind. Constable Kinnane said that, in…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Much excitement was caused in London today by the report that a mutiny had occurred in the great prison at Wormwood Scrubbs. The men mutinied…
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